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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBER 9, 1899. 



In the cut flower classes Fee du 

 Champsaur was very prominent among 

 the whites. G. J. Warren, a yellow 

 sport from Mme. Carnot, at once 

 caught the eye among the yellows. 

 Mrs. Weeks was also extra good. 

 Among the reds, Black Hawk showed 

 up well, possibly a little weak in the 

 stem, but fine in color and good in 

 form. Chito was prominent among 

 the bronzes and is certainly a fine 

 exhibition flower. Mrs. Trainor L. 

 Park is a very promising yellow, a 

 large, high built flower, that is likely 

 to be' frequently seen in the future. 



Bonnaffon still holds the leading po- 

 sition among the yellows and in speak- 

 ing of this variety the judges said: 

 "We know of no other chrysanthemum 

 so uniformly well finished, and that 

 has so well stood the test both as an 

 exhibition and market flower. Ivory 

 is the only chrysanthemum that ap- 

 proaches it in finish." 



The unfavorable season accounts 

 for the absence of some well known 

 varieties, such as Ivory and Robinson, 

 and also for certain exhibitors that 

 have heretofore been represented. We 

 hear that N. Smith & Son, Adrian, 

 Mich., are only just beginning to cut 

 Ivory, and that their general collec- 

 tion of midseason varieties will not be 

 ready for another week. 



Of new varieties shown on the open- 

 ing day, there were two from E. G. 

 Hill & Co.. Richmond, Ind. Mrs. Seul- 

 berger is a loose petaled reflexed Jap. 

 of immense size and with a beautiful 

 tone of white. It is a very promising 

 exhibition sort. Onyx is a very pale 

 yellow, "incurved type, a large, showy 

 flower, very good in stem and foliage. 



Especially attractive features of the 

 show were the displays not for com- 

 petition made by Charles A. Samuel- 

 son, E. Weinhoeber, George Wittbold 

 and the Anderson Floral Company, 

 about which we will have more to say 

 next week. 



George Wittbold made a notable dis- 

 play of palms and ferns and groups 

 were shown by various private gar- 

 deners, all of which added to the at- 

 tractiveness of the show. The group 

 exhibited by Mr. J. Algots, gardener 

 to Mrs. George M. Pullman, was im- 

 mense in size and contained many of 

 the rare and handsome specimens 

 shown last year. 



Mr. E. G. Uihlein had his usual ta- 

 ble of orchids, a fine show of bloom, 

 with many kinds represented. 



We shall mention more specifically 

 next week a number of these dis- 

 plays. 



The judges were Messrs. A. Herring- 

 ton. Madison, N. J.; Jno. F. Cowell, 

 Buffalo, and Emil Buettner, Chicago. 

 Below are the awards made Tuesday 

 and Wednesday: 



Chrysanthemum Blooms. 



For 25 blooms, one variety, white. 

 Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Association 

 was first with Mrs. H. Weeks: Anton 

 Then, second, with Wanamaker. 



For 25 one variety, yellow, Gunnar 

 Teilman, Marion, Ind.. took first with 

 Bonnaffon; Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, second, with Henry Hur- 

 rell. 



For 25, pink, Gunnar Teilman was 

 first, with Morel; Mt. Greenwood, sec- 

 ond, with Mrs. Perrin. 



In 25 red, Mt. Greenwood took first 

 with Black Hawk; they also were first 

 in 25 bronze, with Chito. 



In the class for 12 varieties, one 

 bloom of each, James Hartshorne was 

 first, his collection including the fol- 

 lowing: Fee du Champsaur, Mme. Fer- 

 lat. Red Warrior, Morel, Mrs. W. C. 

 Egan, Philadelphia, Maud Dean, Sil- 

 ver Queen, Murdock, Mrs. Perrin. Shi- 

 Iowa, Idevan. Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association was second. 



For 12 blooms of a variety named 

 after a Chicago lady. Jas. Hartshorne 

 was first with Mrs. W. C. Egan. 



For 6 blooms, one variety, white, Mt. 

 Greenwood was first with Fee du 

 Champsaur; Jas. Hartshorne, second, 

 with Mrs. M. A. Ryerson. 



In 6 blooms, yellow, 0. J. Speidel, 

 gardener for P. D. Armour, was first 

 with Mrs. J. J. Glessner; Jas. Harts- 

 horne, second, with Bonnaffon. 



In 6 blooms, pink. H. Weber & Sons, 

 Oakland, Md., were first, with Mrs. 

 Perrin; Anton Then, second, with 

 Morel. 



H. Weber & Sons were also first for 

 6 blooms, red, with G. W. Childs; 

 Crabb & Hunter, Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 taking second with Red Warrior. 



For 6 bronze, Mt. Greenwood was 

 first with Boul d'Or; Crabb & Hunter, 

 second, with Chito. 



For 6 blooms any other color, first 

 went to Mt. Greenwood for a vase of 

 Philadelphia. 



For collection of not less than 40 

 varieties, Mt. Greenwood Cemetery As- 

 sociation was first, their collection in- 

 cluding the following varieties: G. J. 

 Warren, Pennsylvania. Mrs. N. Moly- 

 neaux, Modesto, Solar Queen, Yellow 

 Mayflower, Philadelphia, Frank Hardy, 

 Mrs. Ryerson, Idavan, Pres. Nonin, 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones, Yellow Jones, De- 

 fender, Mrs. Perrin, Evangeline, Lady 

 Hanham, Clara Goodman, Mrs. Weeks, 

 Chebeaque, Mrs. J. J. Glessner. 



For best collection anemone varie- 

 ties, James Hartshorne was first, the 

 collection including Bartholdi, Mme. 

 Desbois, Judge Hoitt, Mme. Chalonge, 

 Hudibras, Fleur de Marie, Thorpe, Jr., 

 Descartes and Extravaganza. 



In the international competition in 

 cut blooms, a dozen in 12 varieties, 

 Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Association 

 was first in Illinois, Crabb & Hunter 

 in Michigan, H. Weber & Sons in 

 Maryland, Theo. Bock in Ohio, W. A. 

 Chalfant in Missouri, O. J. Speidel in 

 Wisconsin. And the sweepstakes prize 

 of $50 was won by Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association of Illinois, the 

 second prize (a set of Challenge venti- 

 lators) going to 0. J. Speidel, of Wis- 

 consin. 



Chrysanthemum Plants. 



In single specimen plants Mt. Green- 

 wood Cemetery Association were first 

 for white, with May Flower; for yel- 

 low, with Henry Hurrell; for red. with 

 John Shrimpton; for any other color, 

 with Silver Cloud. J. C. Vaughan was 

 first for bronze, with Oakland: and 

 Robt. Mueller, gardener for A. S. 

 Trade, was first for pink, with L. 

 Boehmer. 



In the classes for standards Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association was 

 first on three plants, with Mrs. H. 

 Weeks, Golden Wedding and Mrs. Mur- 

 doch; also for five plants, with Black 

 Hawk, Nyanza, May Foster. Modesto 

 and Henry Hurrell. J. C. Vaughan 

 took second prizes in these classes. 



For five specimens in 10-inch pots. 

 J. C. Vaughan was first, the varieties 

 being G. W. Childs, Beauty of Truro, 

 L. Boehmer, Enfant des deux Mondes, 

 and Henry Hurrell. Some of these 

 were almost cone shaped in form and 

 it is certainly a very attractive exhi- 

 bition form. 



Mr. Vaughan was also first for five 

 specimen anemone sorts in five varie- 

 ties, and it was a very attractive dis- 

 play. The varieties were Garza, Des- 

 cartes. Mary Stuart, Halcyon and Ada 

 Strickland. He was also first for 10 

 pompons, the collection including 

 Martha, Canary Bird, Mrs. Astie and 

 Miss May Williamson. He also won 

 first for five specimens in 8-inch pots. 



In the class for 25 plants grown to 

 single stem and bloom, the aggregate 

 of the first and second prizes was di- 

 vided equally between J. C. Vaughan 

 and Henry Smith, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., the former showing Mrs. Train- 

 or L. Park and the latter Mrs. Robin- 

 son. 



For 10 plants grown to single stem 

 and bloom, Mr. Vaughan was first with 

 a mixed lot, the varieties being Mrs. 

 T. L. Park, Robert G. Carey, G. W. 

 Childs, Adele, Constellation, Jeannie 

 Falconer, Mrs. Robinson. Miss G. 

 Pitcher, Mayflower and Mrs. O. P. 

 Bassett. 



The first prize for naturally grown 

 specimen was won by the Mt. Green- 

 wood Cemetery Association with a 

 plant of May Foster. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Among miscellaneous plants two 

 curiosities attracted much attention. 

 They were a fan shaped chrysanthe- 

 mum upon which 22 varieties had 

 been grafted, shown by J. C. Vaughan, 

 and a tomato plant grafted upon a 

 potato, with ripe fruit at the top and 

 tubers on the roots, shown by Robt. 

 Mueller, gardener for A. S. Trude. 

 The soil had been washed from the 

 roots of the latter and the plant stood 

 in a glass globe so the tubers could be 

 plainly seen. Each of the above won 

 first in its class. 



The first prize for 3 standard ger- 

 aniums was won by Mt. Greenwood 

 Cem. Ass'n. with three splendid plants 



